The Most Dreaded /tell Phrase

[Nhin Impious]

I always answer "are you busy?" with "Sort of, what do you need?"

I just think that I couldn't PAY someone to be as dense as some of these people.

But then, I'm getting quite the kick out of watching half my guild bouncing up and down "Raid! We wanna raid! Yes, take us, all six of us, on a raid right now, or let's set something up for 7PM and show up at 8:30 and have 9 of us with one that falls asleep at 10:15, and go do something for so and so's epic! We'll have three clerics and a rogue and two rangers and a paladin and a bard and hey, I want to bring my level 42 wizard!" and the other half saying "Look, you don't even know what you're getting yourself into here." And the enchanter's /afking himself at the forge and ignoring us all. I don't blame him, really.

Me, I'm not entirely sure what they're getting themselves into, but I'm pretty sure I want no part of it. I mean, I don't have to be a druid to think that just randomly picking things up off the ground and deciding that they're edible is silly. Or turning myself into a form that can sniff my own tail. Well, maybe that's not as silly as the first bit.

Nhinx Aphsion
very cranky Ceramic-Sword-carrying Paladin of Innoruuk, and GM Spoonless Baker

[Smyrt]

/some_random_highlevel tells you "Can I get an xloc?"
/r I'm a Necro. I can send you to your bind point, but you won't like how I do it.
(I'm never /anon or /role. I expect high levels to know about the /whotarget command. Maybe I expect too much.)

/some_lowbie_necro tells you "Do you have any old necro gear?"
/r No, I lost it all in the Casino.

/some_unknown_player tells you "Hey, bro, I need a corpse summoned in LGuk"
/r Sorry, busy.
(A "please" or "sorry to interrupt" would have changed my response.)


The following happened this weekend at the PoK main bank:

/nekkid_beggar_01 tells you "Would you happen to have any alms for the poor?"
(I ignored him)
...several minutes later...
/nekkid_beggar_different_name_and_class says "Would anyone happen to have any alms for the poor?"

[Lickity]

I am rarely if EVER /anon or /role for one reason. Some time ago I bought a Hammer of the Ironfrost, for those who haven't seen it equipped, it looks like a cleric summoned hammer. With that background information.....

Newb_x: Can you cast virtue on me.

/sigh

Lickity: Sorry, I didn't buy the spell.

Lickity shouts : MGB 7th at the bank in 3 minutes. Will be casting other 65% extended SHAMAN buffs after.

one minute later:

Newb_X: Well...how about temp??!

Lickity: I didn't buy that either, I couldn't scribe it.

Newb_X: Wow, you are one ****ty cleric.

Lickity: Check the Shaman Crucible, you have no idea....

/ignore Newb_X

EDIT: I rarely, if ever, turn someone down for SHAMAN buffs, but if they can't get my class right!!!!! grrr... I know it says Prophet, but a quick /w shaman yields Lickity (Froglok) /w cleric DOES NOT.

[Grimina]

The one I hate THE MOST is "Will you do me a favor?". I loathe being asked that in games, and in real life. If you tell me what the favor is, maybe I will. But I'm not gonna tell you I'll help without knowing what you need help with...in case you pop out with something I can't/won't do. Neither will I tell you I won't help...in case you pop out with something I can/will do. So lets start this over. You ask me for help with something specific and I'll decide whether or not I am able/willing.

[Lilosh]

/some_random_highlevel tells you "Can I get an xloc?"
/r I'm a Necro. I can send you to your bind point, but you won't like how I do it.
(I'm never /anon or /role. I expect high levels to know about the /whotarget command. Maybe I expect too much.)

The correct response is "Absolutely". When life hands you an essence emerald, don't question it.


-Lilosh

[Sylphan]

The most important thing about 'are you busy' is the times you DON'T see it. I use it as an AFK test, or to see if you're too busy fighting to even read my tells. And I use it for that even when I'm just looking up friends, not wanting anything.

[Elyssanda]

Scarey tell.. not necessarily dreaded came yesterday....

Differentserver.personname tells you : Hiya.
(wtf? I don't know anyone on that server?)
;reply: hello? who are you?
Differentserver.personname tells you : I know you
(huh??)
;reply: I don't know anyone on your server
Differentserver.personname tells you : Sure you do.
(WHAT? WHO? Dang I haven't been on any serverwide channels in a WHILE and I've never heard of this server)
;reply: do you also play on Torvon server (the server I play on)
Differentserver.personname tells you : Yes silly.
(ok.. now who do I know that also plays on other servers? NO ONE)
;reply: who are you?
Differentserver.personname tells you : a friend
Differentserver.personname tells you : Just wanted to say HIYA
(still I'm clueless as to who this is????)
;reply: Who are you???? OMG you're driving me absolutely NUTSO here! WHO ARE YOU!
Differentserver.personname tells you : I'll tell you in a minute... lemme log over to Torv.

Needless to say I seriously debated logging off.. but i was massively curious to find out who this was. Turned out to be a guildee.. and I just about bit his head off for scaring the crap outta me...

[Koru]

I have to mention one of the more fun ones that happened the other day. I was on one of my mules. Now this mule is on account no.2 and it's only job is to hold on to items while I transfer them to my trader on account no.1 - faster to do than shared bank when I'm dealing with 7 bags of CEs. Therefor the mule is kept AFK most of the time while I combine (I keep him logged on so I can occasionally hit forage for more veggies while he waits) and he's kept in one of the more remote city zones at that.

So I look at the screen once I finish my first batch to see this:
"Do u want to group?"
"AFK: Away from keyboard at the moment"
"Do u want to group?"
"AFK: Away from keyboard at the moment"
"Do u want to group?"
"AFK: Away from keyboard at the moment"
"Do u want to group?"
"AFK: Away from keyboard at the moment"

Not really sure when this happened but then a couple of seconds later it appears again

"Do u want to group?"
"AFK: Away from keyboard at the moment"

and half a minute later you guessed it

"Do u want to group?"
"AFK: Away from keyboard at the moment"

What surprised me was how persistent he was at asking the mule again and again. Like if he asked enough times and fast enough it would make me not AFK. I found it funny enough (in a mean way I admit) that I just sat there, and between clicking combine on account 1 watched him ask again and again. It was so fascinating to watch, like watching one of those animal documentaries where the animal doesn't learn or give up.

[Lickity]

/sigh.. I just got a tell...

Random_1: I heard you have 250 smithing.

Lickity : Yeah... ( I know what is next...)

Random_1: Can you do a combine for me?

Lickity: (I'm in Grimling Forest mind you) You have a forge for me?

Random_1: No, please I can donate.

Lickity: Sure, what am I making, I'll gate back...

Random_1: Metal Bits

I went AFK for 10 minutes...I couldn't handle it anymore....Then I bought him 10 stacks of small pieces of ore, 5 stacks of water and told him to get busy.

[Zenik]

See a trend?
(And for those of you who don't know me, I'm a Rogue)

I agree with you on this one Draggar. As a Halfling Rogue who practices all weapon skills (1hb creates the problem) and uses steins to purchase from vendors I get asked for druid buffs, SoW and ports on a way to frequent basis.

My other dreaded tell would be:
(UnknownPerson1) tells you, 'Would you like to join _____ guild?'
Note this is with the option to recieve guild invites off. It seems there are way too many people that cannot understand a 60+ character being unguilded. I feel a sense of accomplisment reaching 65 without being guilded or powerleveled, maybe I am an EQ oddity....

[Itzena]

Oh, I can beat that SoW story.

Back when Itzena was about L20 or so, I was hunting with about the only other female erudite SK character in Vallon (and a cleric as well, I think), at the bottom of the ramp in EK.

So there's me, a mix of bronze plate and banded mail with a mino axe and a shield (did I mention this was kunark era?). Standing next to me was Shaharazade, mix of banded and (uber) flayed skin, carrying a 2-handed sword of some sort.

Idiot halfling (alas, red to me so I couldn't kill him) and says to Shar "SOW please".

...

OK, so after about 5 minutes of explaining that, no, she wasn't a druid or shaman, and in fact no erudite classes get SOW...ever and pointing out the big 2-handed sword and finally having it sink in (she thinks).

...the halfling turns to me.

"SOW please"

[Rerashyaka]

sowplz is it's own special category. My favorite is when my bardling was in her mid-30s, wearing a suit of lambent (plate) armor and with a drum equipped.

idiot_01: sow mee plz
me: what? fine.
you invite idiot_01 to join your group
you have formed the group
you begin to cast a spell
your feet move faster
you have disbanded the group

idiot_01 scampers off happily

18 seconds later

idiot_01: wtf? ur sow suks

Rerashyaka Mousekiller
65 Vah Shir bard
Druzzil Ro

[Draggar]

sowplz is it's own special category. My favorite is when my bardling was in her mid-30s, wearing a suit of lambent (plate) armor and with a drum equipped.

Rerashyaka Mousekiller
65 Vah Shir bard
Druzzil Ro

C'mon! There are MANY druids aspiring to be the nest John Bonham (sp?).




(FYI - John Bonham was the drummer for Led Zeppelin)

[kiztent]

C'mon! There are MANY druids aspiring to be the nest John Bonham (sp?).

Nah, they usually train the zone instead of letting themselves die.

[Tinile]

Burnt woods anyone?